Security Summary: October 1, 2007

Above: A boy is held in his mother's arms as they wait to receive food distributed by the al-Sadr office in Baghdad today.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed seven suspected insurgents and detained 11 others on Sunday and Monday during operations to disrupt al Qaeda's leadership in Baghdad, Mosul and Tarmiya, the U.S. military said.

KIRKUK - Four bodies, including a policeman, were found in different parts of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Two of the bodies were found buried near a house.

MOSUL - A suicide car bomb targeting a police patrol killed a university professor and wounded six others in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A second bomb exploded nearby but no one was hurt.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded three civilians in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded two civilians in the Binoog district of northern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by small-arms fire during combat operations in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 75 insurgents during the past 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said. They also discovered a car-bomb factory and detonated 18 bombs in the Therthar area of Anbar province northwest of Baghdad.

YUSUFIYA - A mortar round killed a man and wounded a child in the town of Yusufiya, 15 km (10 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAHAWEEL - Two bodies were found in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet